THE CLIENT EXPERIENCE:
SERVICE AND PEACE OF MIND
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
As wedding photographers, we'll be there with you before, during, and after your wedding. We don't just arrive on your wedding day, shoot silently, and leave. We'll be there months prior helping you plan the engagement session and day-of timeline, to you stepping into your dress, to when everyone's celebrating on the dance floor, and we'll be there after the wedding designing your first heirloom.
We are multi-taskers; bouquet-holding, dress-fluffing, people-corralling, stealthy-yoga-psychologist-photographers. Forming a connection with our clients is imperative to get the best photographs. We want you to feel like you have friends photographing your wedding.
You're not only hiring us to 'take photos', you're hiring us for our years of experience, our personalities, our professional advice, and most of all, to be taken care of.
ESTABLISHED & EXPERIENCED
OUR STRENGTHS
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A decade of experience, professionalism, quality, consistency, and customer service. We’ve been published in many blogs and publications multiple times, such as Style me Pretty (50+ times!), Inside Weddings, Brides, Martha Stewart just to name a few. We've also received Wedding Wire's Brides Choice Award every year for outstanding customer reviews.
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TRUST & CONSISTENCY
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Trust that you'll know what you'll get. We are consistent in our editing and shooting style; clean and timeless, yet soft and luminous, with a delicate mix of an editorial and cinematic documentary approach to weddings.
HANDS-ON APPROACH
III.
Every step of the way. Working with you to plan and style your engagement session to putting together a custom detailed photo timeline of the big day to communicating with your planner. We also provide a physical 80-page wedding guide with everything you need to know along with access to the client lounge + portal.
TYPE A BRAIN WITH A TYPE B HEART
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Thoroughness, efficiency, and detail in everything we do but we approach it with heart, warmness, and with a priority on service and giving you the best experience. Listen, weddings can be stressful, but not with us. We have a system that focuses on you, let us do all the work.
what makes us different
1. CONNECT + CUSTOM PROPOSAL
We'll listen to your vision of the day and put together a custom proposal based on your wedding day plans and needs.
2. BOOK ENTIRELY ONLINE
Receive a link to a booking proposal where you can review your custom collection, e-sign the contract, and pay the retainer. Expect welcome emails and a 90 page guidebook from us in the mail as well as a photography timeline so we have an early solid foundation from the start!
3. ENGAGEMENT SESSION PLANNING
Fill out the engagement questionnaire and receive locations, ideas, and outfit recommendations tailored to your style and preferences. You'll receive tips/advice on how to prepare and what to wear as well as an itinerary with logistical details such as parking, where to meet, etc. Receive your photos within 2-3 weeks.
4. WEDDING DAY PLANNING
A photography timeline has been provided for you upon booking and we'll simply adjust it as the big day approaches and details are being finalized by you and your planner. Two important planning questionnaires are available so we can provide a custom tailored experience for you. Receive a series of helpful emails 3 months prior to the wedding day with helpful tips. We'll also set up a final call to go over the timeline one month prior (or an email if you're busy) and a final check-in email confirming all the details a week prior. We'll be working closely with your planner as well.
1. ARRIVAL
We arrive with the photo timeline studied and memorized, with a solid mental list of places we plan to photograph formals throughout the day (we've researched the venue/locations in-depth weeks prior). We also arrive 30-60 minutes early to scout, double check the lighting, and over all lay of the land. This allows for efficiency and ease when the action starts. For destination weddings, we arrive 2-3 full days before your wedding in case of travel delays or weather issues.
2. GETTING READY
Expect a mix of hands-on and an unobstructed approach. I'll move your dress and shoes to the perfect location, lay out and style your invites, and direct you to a spot to step into your dress that is flattering (no toilet or messy suitcases in the background!). However, we'll never interrupt a moment between you and your maid or honor, we know when to take the initiative and when to step back and let the moments happen.
3. COUPLE PORTRAITS
We've already 'practiced' during your engagement session so expect the same approach; a lot of guidance, affirmation, coaching, specific yet open -ended direction (I talk a lot!) for our signature organic, fluid, yet flattering and beautifully-lit photographs.
4. BRIDAL PARTY AND FAMILY PORTRAITS
You deserve beautiful photos of your favorite people. We'll get the traditional photos of your wedding party but then we like to mix it up with lifestyle and editorial type of photos. With family, we'll work from a list you provided (the only photo list we work from!) to ensure we don't miss any important family combinations.
5.CEREMONY, COCKTAIL, AND RECEPTION
We always provide photos of the venue and space for better story telling, we want to set the scene. You'll want to remember the views, the flowers, and the little details you put a lol of thought and money into. When the ceremony and reception starts, we are very hands off and discreet. We observe and anticipate heart-warming moments, a tear from the father of the bride, the way you hold his hand during the vows. If timing allows, we would do 10-20 minutes of sunset newlywed portraits as well.
1. WEDDING PREVIEWS
Expect approximately 25-35 previews within 48 hours after your wedding. Feel free to share the images with your friends and family whilst the excitement is still high!
2. GALLERY
The full gallery will be delivered within 4-6 weeks after your wedding and will be live for one year. Expect around 100 images per hour of coverage (so a minimum of 800+ images for an 8-hour wedding). Your photos will be organized into different folders for convenience. Images can be easily downloaded and shared, prints and products can be ordered directly from the gallery shop, and you can favorite and hide images.
3. LEGACY ALBUM
If your wedding package includes a Legacy Album (or you purchase one later!), expect an email within one week after your gallery is delivered with an initial draft of your album spreads. From there, you can directly comment on each spread for revisions (switching, deleting, adding photos around) until it's perfect! Once you approve your album spreads, we'll move on to the album covers, and once you approve that, I'll invoice you for the upgrades. Turnaround time for the design of your album is dependent on your feedback, on average it takes 1 month, but if it takes you 6 months to request for revisions then the process will be a lot longer. Once everything is approved and paid for, the album artisans will make and ship out your album in 4-6 weeks.
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